Unisex name · since 1925
Munroe
Munroe has 13 recorded births since 1925 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,249 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 13
- born since 1925
- 2020s
- peak decade
Munroe sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 13 recorded since 1925.
Munroe has 13 recorded births among boys since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 2021.
- #32,249 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 13 born since 1925
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Munroe ranks #32,249 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1925, peaking in the 2020s.
- #32,249 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 13
- born since 1925
- 2020s
- peak decade
Munroe's 13 recorded births place it above 28.77% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Munroe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Munroe splits its recorded history at 2021: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1925 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Munroe popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2021
- Peak year (2021)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 97 years of records
Munroe popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2022 (Munroe as girls' name)
Munroe by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (7 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Munroe's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Munroe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Munroe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~96 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1925–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Munroe draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.